Thursday, September 29, 2011

Sensitive Buildings: My Fantasy Building

I have an unabashed love affair with cars. So much so that the couple of jobs I've had as a driver were among my most enjoyable.

Driving a car so much, one learns to practically live in it. I had the notion once to build a car that was integrative into my house. I'd model it after Buckminster Fuller's aerodynamic Dymaxion Car.

I made a crude model to illustrate how this would be possible (can you tell what I made it from?)
Fantasy Building: Car/Domicile Interface
The car backs into the driveway as the rear hatch irises and seamlessly integrates into the house's facade with the rear windshield now turning into a second story picture window. On the way home, the car remotely transmits it internal temperature and the house acclimatizes accordingly. No matter the outdoor weather conditions, I'm now able to simply walk from my car into my house without exposing my body to the elements.
Fantasy Building: Car/Domicile Interface
The backseat of the car would be rear-facing, and now turn into a love seat facing the home entertainment center in the living room. Whatever I wanted to watch on TV could be done from here, and the car's own sound system can be utilized.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Modular Scrap Metal Percussion Instrument

This was my first assignment for NIME. Check out the full post at my main site, Push The Other Button.